Eighties Ladies were an American soul-pop act assembled by producer Roy Ayers. The project yielded the album Ladies of the ’80s on Ayer’s Uno Melodic Records in 1980. Vocalist Sylvia Striplin followed with a solo album. Members: Sylvia Striplin, Susan Beaubian, Marva Hicks, Vivian Prince, Denie Corbett Background Eighties Ladies formed in New York in […]
Eleanore Mills is an American soul singer who released the 1974 Astroscope album This Is Eleanore Mills. Background Eleanore Mills grew up with gospel, soul, and jazz music. In February 1973, Ron-Don Management signed Mills as a solo artist. Period publicity identified her as a former member of the Dixie Cups, although established histories of the […]
Erma Franklin (1938–2002) was an American soul singer and the older sister of Aretha Franklin and Carolyne Franklin. On Epic Records, she cut seven singles and the 1962 album Her Name Is Erma. Between 1967 and 1970, she cut four singles each for Shout Records and Brunswick, which issued her 1969 album Soul Sister. Her […]
Ernie Hines (1938) is an American soul singer from Mississippi who released the 1972 album Electrified on We Produce Records, a division of Stax. Background Ernie Hines was born Earnest Lee Pickford-Hines in 1938 in Braxton, Mississippi, and grew up in Jackson. Hines sang in school glee and choral groups and in a family quartet […]
Esther Phillips (Dec. 23, 1935 — Aug. 7, 1984) was an American soul singer from Galveston, Tex. As a teenager, she sang on early ’50s recordings by the Johnny Otis Quintette. At age 25, she signed to Lenox Records as “Little Esther” and issued six 1962/63 singles and the album Release Me. Between 1964 and […]
Esther Williams is an American soul singer who released three albums between 1976 and 1981, setting dance floors alight with “I’ll Be Your Pleasure” and “Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had a Ball).” Background Esther Williams was born in Waukegan, Illinois. She attended Waukegan Township High School. Williams also attended the University of […]
Fern Kinney is an American soul singer who released three albums and scored a 1979 UK No. 1 hit with “Together We Are Beautiful.” Background Fern Kinney was born July 11, 1949, in Jackson, Mississippi, where she sang in a post-record lineup of The Poppies, a teenage girl group with Dorothy Moore and Rosemary Taylor. […]
Medicine Head was an English rock combo led by multi-instrumentalists John Fiddler and Peter Hope Evans. In 1970, they signed to John Peel’s Dandelion Records label for three albums, including their 1972 third release Dark Side of the Moon, produced by Keith Relf (Yardbirds, Renaissance), who briefly joined as bassist. They released six albums total, […]
Stud was an English/Irish jazz-rock/jam band from London that released a self-titled album on Decca in 1971, followed by a second studio release and a live disc on German jazz label BASF in 1972. An SWF Session from that year was later issued on CD by archivists Long Hair. On the first album, the band […]
Steps was an English jazz-rock band that released a 1977 self-titled album on French EMI. Keyboardist Steve Franklin later partook in Phil Miller’s In Cahoots and appeared on two noughties-era releases by Hugh Hopper. During the 1980s, drummer Roy Dodds provided backing for the sophisti-pop combos Weekend, Working Week, and Fairground Attraction. Saxophonist Steve Mulligan […]
The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra was an American spiritual/free-jazz big band led by pianist/conductor Horace Tapscott. The Arkestra made the 1978 UGMAA albums Flight 17 and The Call, followed by the 1979 Nimbus West release Live at the I.U.C.C. Members: Adele Sebastian, Archie Johnson, David Bryant, Everett Brown Jr., Herbert Callies, Horace Tapscott, James Andrews, […]
The Ensemble Al-Salaam was an American spiritual-jazz septet that released the 1974 album The Sojourner on Strata-East. Two subsequent sessions across five years constitute the 1979 Nilva Records release Elephant Trot Dance, co-billed to multi-reedist Khaliq Abdul Al Rouf. Members: Khaliq Abdul Al Rouf (flute, piccolo flute, saxophone), Mashujaa Aliye Salamu (guitar), Fred Kwaku Crawley […]
Ndikho Xaba & the Natives were an American spiritual jazz ensemble that released a 1971 album on the self-operated Trilyte Records. The band was led by South African-born musician Ndikho Xaba and included future Ju Ju/Oneness of Juju members Lon Moshe and Plunky. Members: Ndikho Xaba (piano, percussion, horn), Plunky (saxophone, vocals), Ken Shabala [aka […]
Alain Renaud is a French guitarist and keyboardist who played on the first two albums by Heldon, Électronique Guerilla and Allez Téia. Between 1975 and 1978, he released three solo albums of avant-garde instrumentals. Renaud was an early member of Triangle. Discography: Renaud (1975) Out of Time (1976) AR and Clones – Back and in […]
Alain Kan (born Sept. 14, 1944) is (or was) a French singer who first released a round of chanson-pop singles during the mid-1960s. He reemerged as a post-psych glam rocker with a string of 1971–73 singles, followed by three albums between 1974 and 1979 and a fourth in 1986. He disappeared in April 1990 with […]
Airto Fogo was the stagename of Sylvain Krief (1940–2018), a French jazz-funk drummer who cut the 1974 CBS single “Jungle Bird,” followed with a 1976 album on Decca. He also backed Jean-Pierre Mas in Rupture and made a subsequent single as Chico Loco. Background Airto Fogo was born in 1940 as Sylvain Krief. At age […]
Alex Band were a Polish jazz-funk big band that released six albums on assorted labels between 1979 and 1985. Members: Aleksander Maliszewski (leader, conductor), Wiesław Wilczkiewicz (acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Piotr Piekielny (alto saxophone, clarinet), Jacek Nowak (bass guitar), Krzysztof Szachnowski (clavinet, electric piano, keyboards), Andrzej Tylec (drums), Marek Walarowski (piano, electric piano), Paweł Serafiński […]
Vienna Art Orchestra was an Austrian avant-jazz big band from Wien that released the 1980 album Tango From Obango on Art Records, followed by five albums apiece on Hat Hut and Moers Music. Members: Anna Lauvergnac (vocals), Tobias Weidinger (trumpet), Matthieu Michel (trumpet), Stephan Zimmermann (trumpet), Juraj Bartoš (trumpet), Adrian Mears (trombone), Robert Bachner (trombone), […]
Wolf & Wolf were an Austrian synthpop duo comprised of multi-instrumentalist Peter Wolf and his then-wife, vocalist Ina Wolf. The pair released two albums on Polydor and Morocco Records between 1982 and 1984, followed by a third as Vienna on Warner Bros. in 1987. Industry-vet Peter Wolf hailed from early ’70s soul-psych legends Gipsy Love. […]
ZYX were an Austrian coldwave duo that released the album Trust No Woman on OK Musica in 1981. Members: Inge Graf, Walter Zyx Discography: Trust No Woman (1981)
Minisex was an Austrian New Wave band from Wien that released a self-titled album on Extraplatte in 1980, followed by three albums with accompanying singles on Schallter between 1982 and 1984. Members: Thomas Böröcz (drums), Ernst Czettel (bass), Michael Egger (keyboards), Bernd Lange (saxophone), Walter Marchart (bass), Alex Munkas (drums), Rudi Nemeczek (vocals), Rudi Olschelda […]
Klockwerk Orange were an Austrian symphonic-rock band from Zams, Tirol, that released the album Abrakadabra on CBS in 1974. Members: Hermann Delago (guitar, organ, synthesizer, vocals), Markus “Wak” Weiler (organ, electric piano, synthesizer), Guntram Burtscher (bass, guitar, vocals), Wolfgang Böck (drums, tubular bells, timpani) Discography: Abrakadabra (1975)
Hans Koller Free Sound were an Austrian avant-jazz/rock super-band that released the album Phoenix on MPS/BASF in 1972, followed by For Marcel Duchamp in 1977. Members: Hans Koller (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet), Alex Bally (drums), Albert Mair (electric piano), Adelhard Roidinger (bass), Jürgen Wuchner (bass), Janusz Stefański (drums), Wolfgang Dauner (keyboards), Zbigniew Seifert […]
Ganymed were an Austrian space-funk band that released three albums on Bacillus/Bellaphon between 1978 and 1981. Members: Yvonne Dory (vocals), Gerry Edmond (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), Ernst Nekola (drums), Gerhard Messinger, Daniele Prencipe (synthesizer), Rudolf Mille (synthesizer) Discography: Takes You Higher (1978) Future World (1979) Dimension No. 3 (1981)
Gandalf is an Austrian new age musician who released five albums between 1980 and 1984 on WEA, followed by seven titles through 1990 on CBS and Seagull Music. As of 2024, he’s made thirty-eight studio albums. Background Gandalf was born Heinz Strobl on December 4, 1952, in Pressbaum, Niederösterreich, Austria. He and his brother Franz […]
Tiger was an English rock band led by veteran session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan. In 1976, they released Tiger on Warner, followed with Goin’ Down Laughing on EMI. Members: Big Jim Sullivan (guitar), Nicky Moore (vocals), Les Walker (vocals), Ray Flacke (guitar), Phil Curtis (bass), Billy Rankin (drums), Dave MacRae (keyboards), Bill McGillivray (guitar, keyboards), […]
Omaha Sheriff was an English rock band that released the album Come Hell or Waters High in 1977 on Tony Visconti’s Good Earth label. Three members joined the backing band of Judie Tzuke. Members: Michael Spencer-Arscott (drums, percussion, harmonica, harmonies) Bob Noble (keyboards, harmonies) Paul Muggleton (vocals, guitar) Chris Birkett (vocals, guitar, percussion, bouzouki) Visconti […]
Pacific Eardrum was a multi-national jazz-funk/soul band behind the 1977/78 Charisma albums Pacific Eardrum and Beyond Panic, followed by a 1980 self-titled third on CBS. They featured three New Zealanders, two Americans, and one Englishman. Members: Bill Kristian (bass), Dave MacRae (keyboards), Isaac Guillory (guitar), Jeff Seopardie (drums), Jim Cuomo (sax), Joy Yates (vocals) Background […]
Gayle Adams is an American soul singer who released two albums on Prelude Records and scored dance hits with “Stretch’in Out” and “Love Fever.” Background Gayle Adams was born on Jan. 5, 1952, in Washington, D.C. She graduated with the 1970 class at Eastern High School. Adams worked as a stand-up comedian and briefly raced […]
Glenn Jones is an American soul singer who released ten albums between 1983 and 2006 and landed R&B hits with “Show Me,” “Bring Back Your Love,” “Giving Myself to You,” “We’ve Only Just Begun (The Romance Is Not Over),” “Stay,” “Here I Go Again,” and “I’ve Been Searchin’ (Nobody Like You).” Background Glenn Jones was […]
Godmoma was an American female soul-funk trio that released the 1981 Elektra album Here. Singers Cynthia Girty and Arenita “Toni” Walker both had Sixties Detroit-group backgrounds and teamed with Carolyn Myles behind Bootsy Collins. Background Godmoma formed in Detroit by 1980 when singers Cynthia Girty, Arenita “Toni” Walker, and Carolyn Myles teamed as a backing-vocal […]
Greg Perry is an American soul singer and songwriter who made the 1975 Casablanca album One for the Road, followed with the 1977 RCA release Smokin’. Background Greg Perry was born Gregory Stephen Perry on Jan. 21, 1948, in Alton, Illinois. His maternal uncle Robert Bateman worked as a songwriter and producer at Motown and […]
Hot was an American soul-pop vocal trio from Los Angeles that released three albums through 1979 on Big Tree Records. They scored a major 1977 hit with “Angel in Your Arms,” a ballad concerning a scorned wife’s sexual double life and its influence on the narrator. Members: Gwen Owens, Cathy Carson, Juanita Curiel Background Hot […]
Solstice was an English symphonic/folk-rock band from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, that self-released three cassettes in 1982/83, followed by the 1984 album Silent Dance on Equinox Records. Members: Andy Glass (guitar, backing vocals), Marc Elton (violin, backing vocals, keyboards, 1980-1997), Mark Hawkins (bass, bass pedals, 1980-84), Martin Wright (drums, percussion, 1980-86), Sandy Leigh (lead vocals, 1983-84), […]
The Leslie Drayton Orchestra was an American jazz-funk big band led by trumpeter Leslie Drayton, an original member of Earth Wind & Fire. He released three albums and an EP with his orchestra between 1980 and 1984, followed by two albums with his followup combo Fun, all on his own Family Enterprises-imprint Esoteric Records. Background […]
Nicolas Pascal Raicevic (Oct. 12, 1933 — Dec. 1, 1994) was an American electronic musician who released five albums between 1969 and 1975 on self-press Narco Records. Background Nicolas Pascal Raicevic was born Oct. 12, 1933, and reached Los Angeles around 1962 from Paris. Raicevic worked as a painter and professional photographer and operated the […]
Paul Winter (born Aug. 31, 1939) is an American soprano saxophonist from Altoona, Penn., who issued his first albums on Columbia during the early 1960s. In 1968, he formed his first lineup of the ethno-jazz/rock ensemble Winter Consort with future mainstays of the ECM label. The band issued three 1968–70 albums on A&M and a […]
Northwind were an American band from Detroit, Mich., that recorded three albums between 1972 and 1977, little heard at the time but later distributed on the band’s website. Members: Roland Ernest (guitar, vocals), Jan Stepka (keyboards), Steve White (drums), Tom Iacaboni (drums), Tom Cahill (drums), Howard Wells (drums), Bob Pascoe (guitar), Rob Foster (woodwinds) Discography: […]
Nuclear Assault was an American metal band from Queens that cut the 1986 album Game Over plus an EP (The Plague) for Combat Records, followed by the 1988 I.R.S. release Survive. Members: John Connelly (vocals, guitar), Mike Bogush (guitar, 1984), Scott DuBoys (drums, 1984), Glenn Evans (drums, 1984-2008), Anthony Bramante (guitar, 1985-91, 2001-02), Dan Lilker (bass, […]
LeBlanc & Carr were an American soft-rock duo that released the album Midnight Light on Atlantic-subsidiary Big Tree Records in 1977. The duo comprised singer/songwriters Lenny LeBlanc and Pete Carr, each of whom debuted as solo artists the prior year and resumed their separate careers following the joint effort. Members: Lenny LeBlanc, Pete Carr Discography: […]
Lee Garrett (born Sept. 1, 1948) is an American soul singer and songwriter from Mississippi who released the 1976 Chrysalis album Heat for the Feets and scored a UK hit with “You’re My Everything.” Background Lee Garrett was born June 30, 1943, in Mississippi and grew up in Friars Point as one of 27 children. […]
McKendree Spring was an American folk-rock band from New York State that released five albums between 1969 and 1973 on MCA/Decca, followed by two mid-Seventies titles on Pye/Dawn. Members: Fred Holman, Andy Newmark, Larry Tucker, Chris Bishop, Martin Slutsky, Michael “Doc” Dreyfuss, Fran McKendree, Carson Michaels Background McKendree Spring formed in 1968 in the Glens […]
Michael Garrison (Nov. 28, 1956 — March 24, 2004) was an American electronic musician from Roseburg, Ore., who released nine studio albums between 1979 and 1998 on Windspell Records. Background Michael Earl Garrison was born on November 28, 1956, in Roseburg, Oregon. He played piano from childhood and took interested in synthesizers through Switched-On Gershwin, the […]
Turning Point was an English jazz-rock quintet that released the 1977–78 albums Creatures of the Night and Silent Promise on Gull Records. Bassist Jeff Clyne and keyboardist Brian Miller formed Turning Point as a spinoff from the original Isotope. Members: Jeff Clyne (bass), Brian Miller (keyboards), Pepi Lemer (vocals), David Tidball (saxophone), Paul Robinson (drums) […]
Cozy Powell — aka Colin Trevor Flooks (Dec. 29, 1947 — April 5, 1998) — was an English rock drummer from Cirencester, Gloucestershire, who initially gained renown as part of the Jeff Beck Group during the early 1970s. Over the subsequent two decades, he played in the bands Bedlam, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Phenomena, ELP, Black Sabbath, […]
Courtney Pine (born March 18, 1964) is an English jazz saxophonist from London who released eight albums on Island/Antilles between 1986 and 1997, followed by a further run of discs on Blue Thumb and Destin-E during the 21st century. Discography: Journey to the Urge Within (1986) Destiny’s Song / The Image of Pursuance (1988) The […]
The Rance Allen Group was an American soul/gospel group from Monroe, Mich., led by singer, guitarist, and keyboardist Rance Allen with brothers Steve and Tom Allen. The group recorded for Stax subsidiary Gospel Truth in the 1970s, combining gospel material with soul, funk, and rhythm-and-blues arrangements. Members: Rance Allen (vocals, guitar, piano), Steve Allen (vocals, […]
Rebbie Jackson (born May 29, 1950) is an American soul singer and the eldest of the Jackson musical clan. She released four studio albums and scored R&B hits with “Plaything” and the 1984 crossover “Centipede.” Background Maureen Reillette “Rebbie” Jackson was born May 29, 1950, in Gary, Indiana, the first of ten children born to […]
Popcorn Wylie (June 6, 1939 — Sept. 7, 2008) was an American soul singer from Detroit who released the 1974 ABC album Extrasensory Perception. Background Richard Wayne Wylie was born June 6, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Althea King, taught him piano. Wylie attended Northwestern High School, where his speed in leaving football huddles […]
Roberta Kelly is an American soul and disco singer whose career developed through the Munich production circle of Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. She released six albums between 1976 and 1981 and scored dance hits with “Trouble-Maker,” “Zodiacs,” and “Oh Happy Day.” As a sessionist, she backed Silver Convention, Donna Summer, and Thelma Houston. Background […]
Rockie Robbins is an American soul-pop singer from Minneapolis who recorded five albums between 1979 and 1985 and scored R&B hits with “You and Me,” “Time to Think,” and “I Believe in Love.” In 2019, he reached No. 1 on the UK Soul chart with the title-track from his comeback disc Good Life. Background Rockie […]
Ronnie McNeir is an American soul singer, songwriter, keyboardist, arranger, and producer who released five albums between 1972 and 1985, scoring R&B hits with “Wendy Is Gone,” “Saggitarian Affair,” “I’m Your Lover,” and “Come Be with Me.” McNeir worked with Smokey Robinson, Teena Marie, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, and Rance Allen. From 1999, he sang […]
Marc Sadane is an American soul-pop singer who released the 1981/82 Warner albums One Way Love Affair and Exciting, charting with both title tracks and the singles “Sit Up” and “One Minute from Love.” Background Marc Sadane was born Marcus Cummings in Savannah, Georgia. His mother and grandmother raised him in the United House of […]
Sam Dees is an American soul singer, songwriter, producer, and keyboardist who cut ten singles between 1968 and his 1975 album The Show Must Go On. Dees wrote R&B hits for Larry Graham (“One in a Million You”), Gladys Knight & the Pips (“Save the Overtime (For Me)”), Loleatta Holloway (“Cry to Me”), L.T.D. (“Where […]
Sandra Wright (Oct. 1, 1948 — Jan. 11, 2010) was an American soul singer from Memphis who recorded for Coral and the Stax subsidiary Truth. She cut Wounded Woman with producer David Johnson in 1974, but the collapse of Stax left the album unreleased until a UK issue in 1989. Wright continued as a club […]
Sarah Dash (August 18, 1945 – September 20, 2021) was an American soul singer who emerged as one-third of the soul-funk vocal trio Labelle. She went solo in 1978 and made four albums through 1988, scoring R&B/dance hits with “Sinner Man,” “(Come and Take) This Candy from Your Baby,” and “Lucky Tonight.” Background Sarah Dash […]
Silk was an American soul-funk group from Philadelphia that released the 1979 album Midnight Dancer on PIR. The band originated as the Epic singles act Ujima and made a 1976 Atlantic album as Anglo-Saxon Brown. Members: Debra Henry (vocals), Melvin Watson (bass), Dwight Smith (clavinet), Alvin Brown (brass), Tyrone Durham (drums), Clement Burnette (guitar), Charles […]
Spanky Wilson (b. circa 1947) is an American soul singer from Philadelphia who released four albums between 1969 and 1975 and worked with Jimmy McGriff, H.B. Barnum, Lalo Schifrin, and Jimmy Smith. Background Louella “Spanky” Wilson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Pittsburgh. Her father sang and played guitar with the Four […]
Piramis was a Hungarian hard-rock band from Budapest, formed in 1974. The band released six albums and a live recording between 1977 and 1982 on Pepita. Members: Lajos Som (bass guitar, 1974-82), Miklós Köves (drums, 1974-present), János Závodi (lead guitar, 1974-present), Péter Gallai (keyboards, vocals, 1974-present), Tibor Lévay (vocals, keyboards, 1975), Sándor Révész (vocals, rhythm […]
Rudolf Tomsits (May 22, 1946 — June 11, 2003) was a Hungarian trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who appeared on numerous jazz-anthology albums issued by Qualiton during the 1960s. In 1978, he headed his own surnamesake Jazz Group for the Pepita release Álom és Valóság. Discography: Álom és Valóság (1978)
Supergroup was a Hungarian jazz-rock project comprised of prolific players from the ’70s/’80s Budapest music scene. The project yielded a live album on Pepita in 1982. Members: László Dés (saxophone), István Lerch (synthesizer, piano), János Másik (synthesizer, piano), Tibor Tátrai (guitar), János Karácsony (guitar), Tamás Tóth (bass), János Solti (drums), Gábor Szende (drums) Discography: Live […]
Solaris are a Hungarian symphonic-rock band from Budapest, formed in 1980. The band released their popular first album, Marsbéli Krónikák, in 1984 on the Start label, followed at lengthy intervals by two further studio sets over the next 15 year. Three decades after their debut, the band recorded a sequel disc. Members: Róbert Erdész (keyboards), […]
Skorpio was a Hungarian rock band whose 1974 debut A rohanás paired organ-led hard rock and spawned the setlist staples “Szevasz, haver” and “Így szólt hozzám a dédapám.” They embraced funk-rock on their 1976–78 albums Ünnepnap, Kelj fel!, and Gyere velem! Their next lineup carried three albums through the 1985 release Azt beszéli már az […]
Panta Rhei were a Hungarian symphonic-rock band from Debrecen, formed in 1974. The band released a pair of shortplayers on Pepita circa 1978/79, followed by an album on that label in 1981. Recordings from the 1976/77 era would later surface on the digital bootleg Bartok. The band evolved into P.R. Computer, which released an electronic […]
P.R. Computer were a Hungarian electronic trio that released a self-titled album on the Start label in 1983. Two years earlier, the band released an eponymous album under the name Panta Rhei. Members: Kálmán Matolcsy (synthesizer), András Szalay (bass, synthesizer), Sándor Szalay [aka Alex Szalay] (guitar, synthesizer) Discography: P.R. Computer (1983)
Peter Ogi is a Hungarian-born musician and songwriter who emerged in the Paris-based new wave combo Spions. In 1980, he made a solo album under the moniker O.G.I. on the French Pathé label. Background Peter Ogi was born Hegedűs Péter on May 12, 1955, in Hungary. His father was a writer. Ogi took up guitar […]
Locomotiv GT was a Hungarian rock band from Budapest. Ringasd el magad and Bummm! established the early blues-rock format and yielded standards such as “Ringasd el magad,” “Kék asszony,” and “Miénk itt a tér”; Mindig magasabbra embraced funk, soul, and jazz elements on “Neked írom a dalt” and “Álomarcú lány,” followed by the broader pop-rock […]
Kormorán is a Hungarian folk-rock ensemble from Budapest, started in 1976. The band debuted with the popular Folk & Roll album on Pepita in 1984 and released seven further albums on assorted labels through the remainder of the decade. Members: Gergely Koltay ([Turkish] pipe, flute, recorder), György Bártfai (drums), Miklós Borhi (guitar), Tibor Czipó (bass), […]
Korál are a Hungarian hard-rock band from Budapest, formed in 1974. The band released multiple singles on Pepita during the second half of the 1970s, followed by three albums for the label between 1980 and 1984. Members: Ferenc Balázs [aka Fecó Balázs], (vocals, keyboards), Pál Makrai (guitar, 1974-76), András Kozma (bass, 1974-76), Győző Brunner (drums, […]
Kaszakő were a Hungarian jazz-rock band that was active for 10 years, starting in 1975. The band appeared on a 1977 split-single on Pepita and a 1981 various-artists live album on Krém. The latter label released the band’s singular album, Édenkert, in 1983. Members: Attila László (guitar), Kornél Horváth (flute, percussion), Endre Juhász (oboe, 1975-79), […]
Jackie Orszáczky (June 8, 1948 — Feb. 3, 2008) was a Hungarian bassist and composer who first emerged in the band Syrius, which he played in from 1968 to 1973. In 1975, he released his jazz-rock solo album Beramiada on Australian small-press Real Records. Discography: Beramiada (1975)
János Gonda (born Jan. 13, 1932) is a Hungarian pianist who played on various jazz anthology albums for Qualiton/Hungaroton during the 1960s. In 1976, his surnamesake sextet released the album Sámánének on Pepita. A solo album followed in 1980. Discography: Sámánének (1976 • Gonda Sextet) Vonzások és választások (1980 • Gonda János) Keyboard Music (1986 […]
Generál was a Hungarian rock band that made five albums between 1973 and 1979 on Pepita, including the funk-influenced 1977 release Zenegép. Members: Gábor Novai (bass, vocals), Sándor Révész (vocals, 1971-75), István Ákos (vocals, guitar, 1971-74), János Karácsony (guitar, vocals, 1971-74), Lajos Reck (drums, 1971-74), Annamária Herczku (vocals, 1972-76), Éva Várszegi (vocals, 1972-76), Hédi Selényi […]
George Jinda (June 4, 1941 — Jan. 11, 2001) was a Hungarian drummer, composer, and producer who played with the French jazz-rock supergroup Speed Limit on two albums during the mid-1970s. Concurrently, they backed him on his singular headlining album from the era, The Wheel of Love, released in 1975 on Motors. Backgrounds George Jinda […]
Fonográf were a Hungarian pop/rock band that released six albums between 1974 and 1980 on Pepita. Members: János Bródy (guitar, steel guitar), Levente Szörényi (vocals, guitar), Szabolcs Szörényi (bass, vocals), László Tolcsvay (vocals, keyboards, guitar, banjo), Mihály Móricz (guitar, vocals), Oszkár Németh (drums, percussion) Discography: Fonográf (1974) Gyerekjátékok (1975) FG-4 (1976) Edison Fonográf album (1977) […]
BRIGHT SUN were Hungarian jazz-rock band that released the album Fényes Nap on Magyar Records in 1977. Members: Mihály Ráduly, Erzsébet Szalay, Robert Casél Discography: Fényes Nap (1977)
Color were a Hungarian art-rock band that released three split-singles and two albums on Pepita between 1977 and 1982. Members: Gyula Bokor (keyboards, vocals, 1975-84), Tibor Bokor (bass, vocals, 1975-84), Attila Bokor (drums, vocals, 1975-81), Emil Lámer (guitar, 1975-80), László Pólya (violoncello, vocals, 1975-80), Miklós “F.F. Miki” Felkai (guitar, keyboards, 1980-86), Tamás Király (1982, drums), […]
Csaba Deseö (born Feb. 13, 1939) is a Hungarian jazz-rock violinist who released two albums between 1975 and 1977 on the MPS and Pepita labels. A third album followed on Krém in 1984. Discography: Four String Tschaba (1975) Ultraviola (1977 • Csaba Deseö Jazz Quintet & Friends) Blue String (1984) Magic Violin (1995)
Csík Gusztáv (born Feb. 6, 1943) is a Hungarian jazz-rock keyboardist who first emerged in the Swiss brass-rock band Roundhouse, which issued two albums on Harvest circa 1972/73. In 1977, he released a self-titled album on Pepita with his backing combo Együttese. Discography: Csík Gusztáv és Együttese (1977)
East were a Hungarian symphonic/hard-rock band from Szeged, formed in 1975. Between 1981 and 1986, the band released five albums on the Start and Krém labels. Members: Péter Móczán (bass), István Király (drums, 1975-85), János Varga (guitar, 1975-88), Géza Pálvölgyi (keyboards, 1979-83), István Németh (keyboards), József Tisza (vocals, 1983), Péter Dorozsmai (drums, 1985-95), Sándor Homonyik […]
Bergendy was a Hungarian rock and jazz band from Budapest. During the 1960s, the band released numerous singles and EPs on Quatilion. Between 1971 and 1976, the band issued six albums on Pepita. Subsequent decades witnessed sporadic activity under the nameplate. Members: István Bergendy (saxophone, bandleader), Péter Bergendy (saxophone, flute, backing vocals, manager), Gábor Tánczos […]
